Business Continuity

Edited 10 months ago

Business Continuity plans should help organizations quickly recover and resume business operations after a significant business disruption and respond by safeguarding employees, information systems, financial obligations, and allowing the organization's customers to transact business. In short, our business continuity plan is designed to permit the organization to resume operations as quickly as possible, given the scope and severity of the significant business disruption.

 

 

Category

Sub-Category

Name

Activity

Business Continuity

Business Continuity Planning

Business Continuity Plan

[The organization's] business contingency plan is reviewed, approved by management and communicated to relevant team members [in accordance with the organization-defined frequency].

Business Continuity

Business Continuity Planning

Business Continuity Plan: Personal Health Information

[The organization] Business Contingency Plan addresses how to access facilities and obtain data during an emergency.

Business Continuity

Business Continuity Planning

Business Continuity Plan: Roles and Responsibilities

Business contingency roles and responsibilities are assigned to individuals and their contact information is communicated to authorized personnel.

Business Continuity

Business Continuity
Planning

Continuity Testing

[The organization] performs business contingency and disaster recovery tests [in accordance with the organization-defined frequency] and ensures the following:
• tests are executed with relevant contingency teams
• test results are documented
• corrective actions are taken for exceptions noted
• plans are updated based on results

Business Continuity

Business
Continuity

Business Impact
Analysis

[The organization] identifies the business impact of relevant threats to assets, infrastructure, and resources that support critical business functions. Recovery objectives are established for critical business functions.

Business Continuity

Capacity Management

Capacity Forecasting

Budgets for infrastructure capacity are established based on analysis of historical business activity and growth projections; purchases are made against the established budget and plans are updated on a [in accordance with the organization-defined frequency].